In the wake of a press release from RESCUECOM, a third-party computer repair service, that Apple remains the top-rated company, I have to wonder why so many people perceive Macs and recent Mac OS versions as seriously flawed. Clearly there’s a disconnect, since other surveys, from Consumer Reports and elsewhere, also show superior ratings for […]

All right, we all know that Apple Inc. traditionally gets better marks for customer support and service than pretty much any other PC maker or even consumer electronics company on the planet. Certainly those accolades are well-deserved, and they largely come from customer surveys. So even Consumer Reports, which still doesn’t understand how to evaluate […]

In my younger years, I spent a few months working for a small software vendor, doing tech support. Indeed, it was a thankless job, as I had to figure out precisely what users on both the Mac and Windows platforms were doing to mess up the product and help get them up and rolling once […]

As I consider the return call from a supervisor that never came from Verizon Wireless, I have to wonder whether the support portion of the tech industry has fallen completely apart? I mean, Verizon was supposed to be one of the good people, known for its exemplary service. More recently, as I reported in a […]